As we do from time to time, it is again time to upgrade the CPU cooler test rig, long past due! Not that we did not have a lot of fun testing coolers and keeping charts with over seventy CPU coolers, ...

The time has come for yet another system upgrade in which we will bench CPU coolers for the next couple of years. With Intel Kaby Lake just around the corner, we would have loved to wait it out and ...

Stress testing your CPU is a great way to ensure that your overclock is stable, check that your cooling is powerful enough, or run in some new heat paste that you've applied to your processor. But ...

The process of reviewing desktop CPUs at PCMag carries on core traditions that date back to the establishment of PC Labs in 1984: We compare each CPU in its category based on price, features, upgrades ...

CPU went to around 33% and stayed there at call it 4.35ghz for certainly longer than 10 mins while I was watching. Memory usage went to 99% but did a drop down to 85% for maybe a couple minutes after ...

After the heatsink is designed, a fan solution is needed, and this includes setting the right RPM value, as fans can be totally ineffective below a certain RPM, depending on the heatsink in question.

The neural processing unit (NPU): Many laptops will mention an NPU, which is a specialized component reserved solely for AI-powered tasks like image generation and interacting with large language ...

Many desktop users are going to be just fine with Intel’s standard desktop Core i5 and i7 CPUs. The company offers a wide range of quad-core chips with different levels of performance and power ...